Pin.



E. MOREHOUSE.

PIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1912.

1,07 1 ,564, Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

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EUGENE MOREI-IOUSE, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO B. A.BALLOU &, COMPANY, INC., OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OFRHODE ISLAND.

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To all 'ZU/LOHL if m (11/ concern Be it known that I, EUGENE MonEHoUsE,a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence,in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Pins, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to pin-stems of the class designed to bepivotally mounted between the joint ears of a beauty pin, and has forits object to provide a pin-stem of this character having two distinctlaterally projecting lugs or members in its head portion, one beingadapted to engage the forward and the other to engage the rear edge ofthe joint ear, whereby a front stop and a back stop respectively areformed for the the pin-stem.

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lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel. features of construction, as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a pin showing my improvedpin-stem mounted therein. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of myimproved pin-stem showing the shape of the lug members as formed on thehead when the same is struck from sheet stock. Fig. 3 illustrates theselug members as bent or swaged down into operating position one to form afront stop and the other to form aback stop for the pin-stem. Fig. -1-is a rear view of the pin-stem head showing the relative positions ofthe stop lug members. Fig. 5 is a greatly enlarged side elevationillustrating my improved pinstem head as pivotally mounted to the jointears of a pin and in closed position showing the front lug in positionto engage the frontedge of the ears to form a front stop for Fig. 6shows the pin-stem as mounted in the joint ear and in open positionillustrating the rear lug as engaging the rear edge of the joint earforming a back stop for the pin-stem.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the body portion of a so-calledone-piece cuff or beauty pin in which the catch member 2 and joint ears3 are all formed integral with the body portion thereof. My presentinvention, however, relates more particularly to the pin stem which isdesigned to be pivotally mounted between the joint ears of Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 26,1913. Application filed. August 5,1912.

Serial No. 713,264.

such a pin, or between joint ears of any construction which in somecases may be formed separate and independent of the pin body if desired.

My improved pin stem is provided with a body portion & and when struckfrom sheet stock the end 5 is slightly tapered and the flat enlargedhead portion 6 at the other end is provided with a lug 7 extendingoutwardly from the rear outer edge of the head at substantially a rightangle to the axis of the pin body and at the rear of a vertical linethrough the pivoting point, assuming the pin-stem to lay in a horizontalplane. The forward lower edge of this head is also provided with a lug 8extending substantially in a line parallel with the axis of the pin bodybut below the pivoting point. The surplus stock at the opposite or rearlower edge 9 of the head is preferably rounded off to reduce its weightand the head is pierced at 10 for the reception of the pintle. In thenext operation the body portion of the pin is rounded and a point formedthereon. The stock in the lug 7 is bent and swaged crossways of the headforming lateral lugs 11 and 12 projecting in opposite directions fromthe faces of the head, the stock in the lower forward lug 8 is also bentand swaged crosswise of the head forming lateral lugs 13 and 1%projecting in opposite directions from the relative faces of the head.The pin is now completed and ready to be mounted be tween the joint earsof the pin.

It is well known that pin stems mounted in the ordinary one-piece pinhave hereto-fore usually required a very long end to extend down andengage the bottom of the pin body or the joint in some way must be builtup between the ears to provide the necessary fulcrum and back stop forthe pin-stem, but by my improved construction of pin-stem, the same maybe mounted between the joint ears of any ordinary construction, thelaterally extending lugs 13 and 14 being adapted to engage the frontedges of the ears to form the necessary front stop or fulcrum, as bestillustrated in Fig. 5, while the lugs 11 and 12 are well adapted toengage the rear edge of the joint ears to form a back stop for the pinstem, as best illustrated in Fig. 6. Then again, by my improvedconstruction the size of the head itself may be reduced to the minimumand the lugs, both of which may project from either one or both sides ofthe head, are all formed integral therewith by a simple autonmticprocess. A particular advantage of this construction being that it isadapted to be mounted between the plainest or simplest form of jointears.

I claim:

A pin-stem pointed at one end and hav ing an enlarged flattened head atits opposite end adapted to be pivotally held between the joint ears ofa pin, said head being provided with a pair of integral laterallyextending lugs on its lower forward edge adapted to engage the fmfwardedges of the joint ears below the pivoting point to form a front stop,said head being also provided with another similar pair of lugs on itsupper edge and to the rear of the pivot point adapted to engage the rearedges of the joint ear when the pin-stem is thrown back to form a backstop for the same.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EUGENE MOREHOUSE. itnesses HOWARD E. BARLOW, E. I. OGDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0.

